I have almost six years of data created with Weather Display. Now I know there isn't an importer available, but could I manually enter data for the times when an important event occurred? I'm thinking mainly of all-time records.

Recently (July 1st) we had out hottest day since I started recording in 2009, but my all-time record doesn't pick this up - I only started using WeatherCat on July 13th. Could I go to the correct time in the data file editor and add the temperature high manually?

What effect would this have on other reports? Would it screw up any averages and means? Am I wasting my time?

I have almost six years of data created with Weather Display. Now I know there isn't an importer available, but could I manually enter data for the times when an important event occurred? I'm thinking mainly of all-time records.

Let me suggest that you instead see if you could somehow figure out your own way to import your existing data into WeatherCat. There is no need to rush into this project and I don't think it is as hard as you might imagine.

Take a look at the files with the title like this: 1_WeatherCatData.cat that you should find in the folder:

So you would need to convert Weather Display data into a form like this. It might not be that hard perhaps using some help like a spreadsheet program. If you a bit about UNIX text crunching command-line utilities that also might help a lot. The key would be to export from Weather Display the data in some sort of a text format. Then you can convert that format into a form that WeatherCat can use.

If that seems too much work, you might just join the chorus of people who would like WeatherCat to have this feature. There was just such a feature request a few years back:

The original log files are buried deep in a Windows 7 folder within a Parallels Virtual Machine disk on a backup folder on my Mac Mini. The original MacBook Pro that ran the weather station has gone to the great Apple store in the sky (R.I.P.). I could retrieve the data files, but it isn't going to be a quick job.

Then, I would have to figure out a way to change them to WeatherCat format. Not a job that I would relish. Maybe a job for a cold winter's day.